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Historical Event on 1/24/1950

Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
5/7/1908Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925). Some of her films are Kicks of Kismet, Tained Virtue, Red Signal, Wise Fool, Hoor-E-Bagdad.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).
10/30/1996ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.
8/19/1910Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
2/28/1967General Election ( 4th) of India ends.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.